 good afternoon everybody it's great to see everybody here everybody's so excited about the budget welcome mr. Williams wow so here we are again so I get to do this at this time of year and we get to talk about the financial status of the city and what the future looks like it's an awesome responsibility to get up here before you and to talk about the operation of the city because I think you've heard me say before a budget is a point in time and it is a product of decisions that have been made by this council prior councils but it's also about the future whether we're spending resources in the right way so that future generations can benefit for our time here so to me it's a point in time and it's a conversation that doesn't start today and it doesn't end today and what I'll add to that is today I get to give you a high level summarization of how we spend two point three billion dollars for our rate payers our citizens our taxpayers and I'll do that at a high level we have work sessions scheduled so we can dive deeper into different topics as you so choose we're prepared to go into all those different things and I'll talk about some of those items that we will schedule along the way to but I actually really enjoy doing the budget I mean that sounds a little odd but I really do enjoy that process of people thinking about today and thinking about the future and asking ourselves are we making the biggest impact that we can with the money that we currently spend and how do we know that and how do we measure that and how do we convince our citizens that we are being outstanding stewards of the resources they entrust to us so let's get started I'll talk about some strategic priorities we'll go through the recommended operating budget we'll spend some times on the assessed values and the recommended property tax rate and then we'll talk about the capital budget again we have many budget work sessions scheduled so we can go deeper into all these different all these different areas I'd also want to say the this year we're doing a little different in prior years we always did the capital budget and the tax rate first and then the operating budget you get it all at one time so this is a real budget what's the right word there you go bonanza get the full bonanza alrighty so you've heard me mention before that I'm really proud of the organization as we worked our way through the pandemic and you've heard me say that when we went into the band pandemic it's not that long ago think about March of 2020 and we were in fiscal year 20 and we asked businesses to close think about that schools shut down and we didn't know really what was in store for our citizens our residents conventions stopped being held so you you remember that time and we didn't know what the financial outlook for the city was going to be but most of our employees had to come to work each and every day whether it was police fire the water department TPW and so I'm really proud of the way the organization worked its way through covid in the pandemic and really without a playbook right I think we just had thousands of well-intended employees doing the right thing and I think that's how you get through a pandemic we were very conservative during the pandemic when we thought about how we were spending money and how we were projecting revenues and if you remember we had a hiring freeze for a period of time during that pandemic and we weren't allowing departments to hire folks we put capital projects on hold to make sure we knew where all the cash was that the city was spending on capital projects and now we've worked our way through the pandemic and I'll tell you we are financially very strong and our conservative approaches during that pandemic I think have positioned us very well as we come if you want to say coming out of the pandemic and I'll get into some of those numbers as we go one of the themes of the budget is a safe and clean community so you hear about how we are recommending resources toward safety in some ways that means public safety and police and fire in some areas it means the safety of employees in some areas it means safety for pedestrians and safety for vehicular movement so we're going to spend some time about safety and it's a broad and used in a broad way we're also going to talk about making sure that we are doing our best to keep the community clean and I think safety and cleanliness are related and you'll hear more about that I've told some people the story of it was last October I spent some time in a city in the northwest and they were just opening up from COVID so this was one of the first conventions I said city in the northwest right okay Portland and they were just coming out of the pandemic it was one of the first conventions they had at the convention center and I thought the city was awful from a cleanliness standpoint and from a safety standpoint they were telling the visitors to that convention where to go where not to go for your own safety the and I'm just saying it looked like the picture on the left it felt like they'd let the city go and they had folks in Portland that were apologizing for their city and I thought what a horrible thing that citizens of a community were not proud of their city right and so it caused me to think about I want to make sure that I'm proud of the city which I am I want you to be proud of the city I want our employees to be proud of the city and most importantly I want our citizens and our residents to be proud of the city and I think part of that starts with making sure we have a safe and clean community also want to take this opportunity to thank the voters of Fort Worth for approving the bonds that we had just this recent May a lot of work goes into preparing for a bond program it is now our responsibility to implement all those projects that were approved by the voters all those projects are needed for the city that is growing by about 20 thousand people a year now we're gonna we haven't is Roger in here there he is don't make eye contact with him but next week i'm gonna ask him to start on the 2026 bond program right and so when you think about a growing city like we are growing we not only have to implement the program for 22 we're still implementing some of the projects from 2018 but it's also time to think about the next bond program as well and it would be here before we know it these next couple slides is really a reminder in some ways that we're no different than other businesses in the current times think about other businesses and what you've heard about them being able to recruit and retain a top-notch workforce well we're in the same situation we've got to do all we can to recruit and retain the best employees and you'll hear about things in the budget we've got money in there for pay for performance we have money in the budget for making sure that our pay is competitive in the different marketplaces that we compete there's money in there to deal with health insurance and importantly is also that fifth year phase of the strategy for the pension so as an employer we're putting in more money for the pension and we'll be asking employees to participate in that in that as well but recruitment and retention a very important part of the overall budget and we're also impacted by the cost of living fuel prices impact the city just like they do other households inflation interest rates we're all going to be impacted by that but i also want to use this slide one of the other factors that we are very conscious about is the cost of the city on our citizens and our residents and it's not just through the property tax rate it's through our water rates or our storm water rates or the cost to pick up garbage and we're also going to talk about the environmental fee but we're very conscious of the affordability for our residents and our businesses here in the city this just a reminder that again that a lot of the decisions we make it's not just about today but it's about future generations this is talking about the growth that's coming it also mentions open space as well and that to me is a program about are we doing the right things today to make this place great for the next generation and not just for us as we're here right now public engagement rena will get up after i'm finished and talk about additional community engagement this is more to talk about kind of up to this point in time there are a lot of inputs a lot of feedback that goes into the budget we had a biannual community survey that you are aware of we had to steer the budget campaign we had numerous bond program meetings that were just in april and may that people gave us feedback not just on the bond program but about everything else we do as well we have budget stakeholder meetings we have as you know a number of boards and commissions we get feedback at neighborhood meetings you name it we're going to also and again rena will get up here when i'm finished to talk about the additional community engagement we'll do over the next six weeks related to the budget again you'll hear a lot about safe and clean community infrastructure stewardship supporting growth the workforce recruitment and retention and then this is like uh what's this called foreshadowing that we're going to recommend reducing the property tax rate and more on that in a minute so let's jump into the operating budget the city spends roughly 2.4 billion dollars 2.324 and all the operation that the city's involved in the general fund there is on the top and we will spend a lot of time talking about the general fund for all the right reasons that's where the property tax rate gets spent that's where the sales tax majority is that's police fire parks and rec libraries parks and recreation and so forth so a lot of attention will be put on the general fund we also have enterprise funds that would include water and storm water just to name a couple we have special revenue funds that includes crime control and prevention district for one it will also include the environmental fund that we'll talk about we have internal service funds that are more of an internal operation that includes like the fleet operation and this year is our that information technology services will be added as an internal service fund we also have debt service funds but overall we're spending 2.3 billion dollars and all different kinds of resources whether it's water revenue storm water revenue garbage collection rates as well as property tax and sales tax this is just another way of showing it in a pie chart and again we're going to start with the general fund this will show you the revenue streams for the general fund and the general fund for fiscal year 23 is recommended at 915.3 million dollars property tax is very strong and i'll go into assess values in a second sales tax has been incredibly strong this is one area where we were conservative on our estimates during covid and the revenue is coming in a lot stronger than we anticipated at one time property tax makes up 58 percent of the total pie and when you add in sales tax that's what 81 percent of the all the money is in those two sources of revenue let's talk about assess values in the tax rate we've used this chart in the past the top line is total assess value right this is all properties in tarant are part of dentin are part of wise are part of parker and are part of johnson county so it's a composite of a number of counties the orange line which is the middle line is what is taxable right so this is what's called the net adjustable taxable value so that's the number we use to generate the property tax revenue that the city anticipates bringing in very strong growth over fiscal year 22 the green line is then the property tax revenue line that is a product of the assess value the orange line and a product of the property tax rate does that make sense so we're anticipating that we'll bring in 664 with the recommended property tax rate if you break down the growth and assess values this will show you that the largest change came in existing values this is not new development so the biggest increase nearly 10 billion dollars is from growth and existing values the 2.7 billion that you see there that's the new development number right so it's a combination of two pieces one's new development stuff that didn't exist last year this now on the books and then the growth in values and all the other properties in Fort Worth so our net taxable number is right now at 100 billion dollars the budget includes reducing the tax rate by two cents all right showing a different way we're gonna the values are going up 14 and a half percent the tax rates coming down two cents the property tax revenue is still growing by that 11.4 percent amount right so the tax rate brings that down a little bit but the revenue is still growing at 11.4 percent this is how we allocate the current tax rates this is the current year fiscal year 22 it's 73 and a quarter going to 71 and a quarter and we're going to change how it's allocated right there's a couple slides on that the recommended tax rate allocations go from the overall goes from 73 to 5 to 71 to 5 debt we're recommending staying the same page you go is increasing from six and a half cents to seven cents so the entire reduction of the tax rate is coming off of operations so two and a half cent reduction on the operation tax rate half cent increase on the page you go debt stays the same i just said that and then this is the revenue growth proportions for operations for the page you go part of capital maintenance and for the debt service side shifting now to expenditures in the general fund i'm not going to go through all these we'll have time to in the budget work sessions to talk about i'm going to hit the increases at a high level staying in those areas of safe clean city talking about uh supporting growth and maintaining infrastructure here we go if you take the police and fire department that's over half of the spending in all the general fund we also break out transportation public works park and rec economic development those would be the the top five and then everything else is in the other category so what's in the recommended budget one will again we'll talk about reducing the property tax rate two cents and i'm gonna go through these categories when you think about safety i know first thing that comes to mind is police police when you think about the budget it's in the general fund and it's crime control and prevention district we'll spend time in a minute on crime control and prevention district but there's more resources in there for patrol investigators for crimes against children homicide investigators 911 communications hope team crisis intervention and neighborhood police officers as talked about earlier in the year the budget expands the crossing guard program and and includes middle schools we're adding a second engine company in far north Fort Worth the fire department's component of the hope team and there's also positions in there for safety equipment and taking care of that there are network improvements in tbw i'll get i'll go more into street lights and pavement markings but there's code officers as well for multifamily registration and inspections and when we talk about the environmental fund we'll be talking about more resources for making the city clean there's positions and development services i think i told dj he got everything didn't i tell you that dj uh and all that is to facilitate the development process we're also moving more staff under dj's direct supervision as well so you'll see some transfers from other funds mainly water storm water to be another one that will be moved into development services and then adding development services positions as well in addressing some of the prior bond programs we're opening this we'll be opening the southwest library sometime in fiscal year 23 and the northwest community center right and parks and recreation will open in the upcoming year as well and those resources are included in the budget we're going to increase as i mentioned the tax rate for pay as you go from six and a half to seven cents that entire additional half cent is going to two things street lights and pavement markings so we can so we can tell you the money that's tied to the page you go is going to put us on a three four-year cycle for all pavement markings looking at william over here he's nodding and street lights are going to be fixed in 30 days when you call them in and they're going to be fixed in 30 days right all right oh we meant to say that we're going to say it again too at toward the end and there's again the other page you go increases since we kept pays you go when you think about it not only did it stay the same but it increased means we captured all the assessed value increase for pays you go and so the money there is for park maintenance road maintenance those other things that have been traditionally paid for out of the pays you go fund and that also includes the neighborhood improvement program the water fund will also continues the replacement of cast iron pipe that's on a a fast schedule as well now i'm shifting into other funds and we'll talk about enterprise funds special revenue funds primarily i think that's what i'm doing the next few slides enterprise funds excuse me we have a number of those including water and sewer municipal airports municipal parking solid waste fund and the stormwater utility the water and sewer fund what's that first bullet say no retail rate increases so being conscious again in our impact uh on the affordability question of folks in fort worth there are no rate increases in the water fund there are areas though in the water fund that have some of the highest inflationary increases when i remember chris telling our group like the cost of chemicals to treat water is something like 180 percent increases year over year and so he's managing the water operation uh in a way that allows us to go to the citizens in the upcoming year without a retail rate increase solid waste fund there are no recommended increases in the solid waste fund there's one caveat to that is that we're recommending that we shift some of the costs that are in the solid waste fund to the environmental fund keep that thought there if you'll remember from prior conversations the solid waste fund is almost entirely funded as out of residential fees yet we are we have some programs in the solid waste fund that i think need to be paid by uh customers and i think there needs to be a broader base more on that when we talk about the environmental fund the shift in those costs from the solid waste fund to the environmental fund also put the solid waste fund on a path to sustainability if you remember from prior conversations we were talking about needing perhaps residential fee increases to make it sustainable stormwater utility no fee increases in the stormwater fund continued implementation of the capital program as jennifer so ably did a week ago shared with you and i think we also talked about the partnership with parks and recreation on the drainage and erosion study municipal parking is returning to a pre-pandemic level the parking fund was impacted when people didn't come to work and the parking fund was impacted when people didn't go to conventions the general debt service fund last year made the debt service payment for the municipal parking fund you might remember that this puts the parking fund back on track where it can make all its obligations with the revenues that it brings in aviation department rogers managing three general aviation airports special revenue funds we'll talk primarily about crime control prevention culture and tourism and the environmental protection i think we even have a slide here in golf right so crime control and prevention district again mostly sales tax revenue you've seen some of these numbers already healthy increase in the sales tax revenue we're expanding the crossing guard program as previously mentioned and then again there's positions in there for the hope team neighborhood policing crisis intervention there's also the program at the chism trail community center and as we've talked about before the dollars are increased for partners with the shared mission as well culture and tourism those revenues are getting back to a pre-covid amount there's still a lot of work to do since we lost some ground on the culture and tourism revenues so we've used as everybody knows ARPA money to kick start the convention center expansion and there'll be more discussion about the phase one phase two expansion the convention center and upcoming meetings the environmental protection fund we've had the environmental protection fund since 1996 and what the recommended budget includes is this focus on doing a better job in keeping our city clean so we've been asking folks just randomly have you seen a street sweeper in Fort Worth right just one question and if people say yes then we say do you know how many streets we purse the city of Fort Worth and the answer is two that is just an example of how we think we can make the city cleaner so part of the recommended fee increase is to handle the transition of costs from the solid waste fund but the other part of the environmental fee increase is to do a better job cleaning the city which means more litter crews more street sweepers so we're recommending going from two to twelve we're going to increase the number of crews that do illegal dumping response and so the fee for a resident the fee is currently i know you're wondering the fee is currently 50 cents a month the recommendation is that fee for a resident will go to a dollar 50 a month so 50 cents to a dollar 50 same corresponding increases if you're a commercial property same corresponding increase if you're an industrial property we know there'll be more conversation on the environmental fund as we move forward in the in the budget work session in the work sessions but we think this is an opportunity for the city to do a better job keeping us clean municipal golf Richard made me use this one all right the good news is golf is moving in the right direction meaning we have a plan to remove it from being subsidized by the general fund and so in a number of years the golf subsidy that currently exists will go away i said that publicly too mispivots all right internal service funds we have a number of them the largest being the group health fund and information technology risk capital projects and the fleet operation make up all the internal service funds for the city just as a recap all the different funds in summary again going from two just under two point one billion three billion this is what is happening with the number of authorized positions um the general fund and ccpd police is growing by about a hundred positions fire if i got the numbers right are growing by about 23 and i want to say development services is about 39 of the total so there are four departments that make up most of those increases that you see on that page and the special revenue fund the largest increase will be the increase in the environmental fund and the number of positions there shifting to the capital improvement program we talk about uh capital financing in a number of different ways and using the combination of cash and debt and so we want to maintain the infrastructure primarily using cash and when we talk about new infrastructure then we can talk about other revenue streams including impact fees and debt you've seen this slide before i want to spend a little time here because you uh when you set a goal sometimes it takes many years to get there and when you think about bond programs and maintaining infrastructure that happens over a number of years so in this slide what we're trying to show is we have bond programs every four years that's why we're starting to think about 2026 and we talk about what we need to do with the tax rate and miss bivens mayor uh council member flores you remember some of these conversations about how are we going to dedicate more money for capital in both debt service and in cash so we can maintain the infrastructure that we're doing and so when you look at the bottom two rows the goal essentially was to try to get to about a third of the tax rate right for a growing city a third of our tax rates should be for capital whether it's debt or cash and we're getting close to that 33 percent right we're now over 30 percent and we started back at 21 percent back in 2014 and then pay we've made pays you go the cash part of that which should also be i'd argue a third of the amount that we spend in capital a third of that should be cash and again we're almost at a third of that right there but it takes time to do it and i think disciplined over many many years which i appreciate that from the mayor and city council that we're in a much better place now in planning for infrastructure and then maintaining the infrastructure that we're building so capital projects that are underway we got the future city hall in the new council chamber i think there's a presentation at your next meeting on that we have fire station 45 fire station 26 which is a replacement we also have the fire station relocations that were part of the bond program we have the south patrol division headquarters southwest library and the diamond hill and northwest community centers all underway for the goals for the capital side it's to again continue implementing the 18 program start the 22 program and then look at what we need to do both related to the maintaining infrastructure that we're building i mentioned that the page you go includes the neighborhood improvement strategy and then we're all trying we're trying to tie it into the comprehensive plan as well the cip it's done by different funds i think you've seen this slide before there'll be a capital plan for the general program aviation public events stormwater and water when you look at the capital plan we do it over multiple years those are all the funds together this is capital so it's not the operating side and when you look at what we're spending a year on infrastructure just think about every year we're spending between two and three hundred million dollars just in the water fund right so when you think about infrastructure heavy operation that would be water and when you look at it overall we're spending anywhere roughly five hundred million to eight hundred seventy six million a year when you include all the funds in capital everybody will every council member will get a document that will list out the projects by fiscal year this is just looking at the general cip in the different categories this is the page you go portion again growing from just under 53 million a year to over 65 million most of the increase you see is going into tpw and that half cent again that is increasing from the tax rate is going to street lights and pavement markings don't feel sorry for richard when you look at that park and rec number we have shifted the mowing money that used to be in the page you go into his general fund operating budget richard is responsible for all the mowing in the city right and we gave him additional money and he's now also responsible for all the alleyway maintenance in the city and he was giving all the money for that too so if you have any issues with mowing or alleyway maintenance that's richard all right this just showing the distribution of page you go in a pie chart i think i might have said this a few times there's it there it is again for uh transportation it's even in writing councilmember bibbons looking at three-year replacement cycle reduces response times to 30 days for pavement markings increases the total crews for street lights reduces response time to 30 days and then there's money for that other stuff the other page you go that we talk about is for property management steve is responsible for all the other buildings that the city owns so that goes for roofs hvac's so forth we have the neighborhood improvement strategy we've got technology infrastructure and then park infrastructure as well so tying some of this back up we have focused primarily on this budget on making sure that we are safe and and the resource allocation that we have in the recommended budget that we're doing what we can to be good stewards of the infrastructure we're addressing the growth challenges and have added resources appropriately and we are also focused on recruiting and retaining the best employees and included in that is also a property tax rate reduction as part of the recommended budget but there's more we have work sessions scheduled for the 10th 12th 25th 26th and on september 8th and 9th there's public hearings on the budget and the tax rate and we're scheduled to approve the budget and the tax rate and the cfp on september 27th next i'm going to ask renee tay is to come up here and talk about where'd he go talk about the additional things we're doing on community engagement but before he comes up there if they're i know we're going to spend a lot of time going into details on the budget but if there are any questions that folks have right now we're good we'll go right to renee how about that as soon as we find him why we're still looking for him i do want to thank the folks in the room the the i get to stand up here and give you the summary of the work that hours and hours and hours goes into and it starts in the departments that have to generate the different budget requests that come forward and then it goes to planning and data analytics then it comes to the management team so i want to thank all those people that are involved in this process oops excuse me i'm coming back to thank you i'll step this way so i just want to take the time to thank all those folks to get involved in the budget process throughout the year that gets us to this point and i know there's going to be more work as we also get through the next six seven weeks together so thank you everybody renee community engagement i shrink i didn't feel like the program was this big last time mayor parker and mayor pro tem honorable council members um we're going to talk about communication and engagement um one of the the biggest focuses um in my uh month and a half two months um uh since i've been here uh particularly on the budget um and you heard the the vision from david and so how did we take that particular vision and and turn it into a strategy that we could work with in communication and engagement and so um what we wanted to do is make it digestible and in the themes that that david hit on and so that the infrastructure and the growth the affordability the cleaning and safe safe space is all kind of rolled into some icons that you'll consistently see um throughout the communication and engagement um process and um of course we listen throughout the year as as david mentioned we have the uh hoa and neighborhood association meetings council you are of no stranger to those our engagement teams no stranger to those our leadership teams attends many of those we listen on the fort worth app and in the call center um data which which tells us that last year in two thousand um uh 21 they took 6884 calls regarding street light outs non-emergency and the ninth biggest call in was in relation to high grass on private property um the calls of the the center of the the um project meetings and budget presentations as we listen to our department directors as well really there is uh no one better when it comes to community surveys than etc they are the national standard and they in collaboration with us produce a report and through that we listen to our residents of course there's the strategic vision of the council and their retreat we hear from you most weeks throughout the year as does the public and the executive team has an open ear to what it is you're saying in addition to all of this year-long feedback it's not lost on me that we need dedicated and identified communication and engagement budget time for people to realize that they are specifically going to be able to engage and let us know their thoughts on the budget so we kind of greased the wheels with the steer the budget um campaign with molly um we heard from um homeless camps we heard about homeless camps um streets more than half of the information we received through that initiative concerns street and infrastructure maintenance and the full analytics are online but facebook far exceeded the ways we received feedback through that campaign and then getting into the budget meetings what's important um to me to bring to the table as we looked to organize these is that they be um accessible um you'll see um flyers that announce the uh locations with bus stop locations for individuals who don't have their own transportation that they're understandable many of the meetings that we are going to be having will be translated um in real time and also in the way we are communicating things so that it's digestible and understandable for our audiences and um those that don't have the opportunity or chance to attend an evening meeting because they have two jobs they have families they have a night job that there are still opportunities for them to be able to engage and so we're going to have meetings in different types of formats um throughout the city geographically dispersed um with uh question and answer times um we're going to have digital engagement where not only will some of these meetings be recorded and people will be able to watch them and offer their input um will have a thought exchange where people can give their comments and or concerns about the present budget also uh they can comment directly on the 2023 web budget page we're adding a link on the my fort worth app uh the call this is new um an idea we got from an actual a council lady the call center will be taking input um on the call center eight one seven three nine two one two three four where people can call and say they'd like to give comment in English or Spanish and that will be um marked um and and compiled into a report will provide our decision makers as well as just a general email for um communicating anything that folks would like at uh Fort Worth connection fw connection or actually fw connection at Fort Worth Texas dot gov and as we look to um these meetings that we're going to be holding um please note that in the IR last week we had a date that had the 18th for the summer glenn meeting but in order for councilmember playlock to be able to attend an important community forum on crime prevention that the city is having that date was adjusted and we have solidified the Boswell high school date as of uh this morning so it's all been a moving target but I thank each of you for your work in helping select locations work with us on your calendar times and when those location meetings will take place all of them at six o'clock and as I mentioned we'll be getting the decision makers a wrap up piece from all of the engagement that we hear of um and record so that you can make the best determinations but oftentimes um residents and justly so want to speak directly to council so we will include in our messaging all of the dates that they can do so and then taking a look at um holistically at all of our platforms we'll be putting out the messaging with um our partner organizations on social media and all the ways that we know how to do so and as we took a look at how to kind of manage this uh large communication initiative um and in the battle for attention spans um we really wanted to be able to break down things about the budget as best that we could give folks the top line information if they only had a limited amount of time but then go in into the specific story so we'll be explaining components of the budget as well as very specific examples about what's in the budget and how it's benefit how it benefits um our taxpayers in Fort Worth and giving those examples but the way that we're able to do with this and produce we'll be producing many many many of these types of examples is we took kind of the example for uh the emergency operation center when you pull folks in from different departments and your messaging is on and it's good and you're getting it out quick and rapid as things come in and so we've created what we call the EOC JIC or drawing information center up on the third floor and we have asked the cooperation of departments to help us out with PIOs that may be able to do so and so we have Sandy Baker from Water, Kevin Neal from Communication and Public Engagement, Todd Overman from the Library, lots of folks to thank Valerie, Karen, Sharon at the Call Center as as we do this and created quite a synergy and energy up on the third floor as as things develop in real time and so please be looking for this type of information to be put out about what's in the budget and how it benefits um the uh residents of Fort Worth. Thank you Renee. Great job. Any questions for Renee? Council? No. Go ahead Carlos. Renee, as far as the format for the actual meetings is it going to be very similar to prior budget public meetings where you have different tables, stations, you know specific departments that can you know elaborate on whatever you know line items there are for specific budgetary items? So we're going to have a mix in the format of budgets and so they're going to be city budget meetings as well as community conversations and that's the the mix of the meetings that we're having among the nine meetings across town. Some of them will have the department's heads that will be coming and we've been working in with those department heads to have poster boards of what it is they're most excited about within the proposed budget and have what's called the roundabout in the gallery where they can talk and interact and then come and get the the presentation and a Q&A at the end. Others are going to have the community circle where it's kind of more intimate filling with the city manager and some top leadership and they'll get the the same informative presentation and sit kind of circular style and be able to communicate with the leadership and if the council member from that particular area is there as well their concerns and to kind of pass the mic format. All right thank you. Are there questions? Okay thanks Renee. I think we're turning back over to David. Okay if anybody had been looking at the agenda then you were you noticed that I skipped the informal reports so I think we have copies of the informal reports I just want to spend a brief minute on that they're also in your drop box but these are there that's right that's why you brought hard copies to them. These are legal requirements as part of the budget process so the first informal report is an overview of the legal requirements the city must comply with during the fiscal year 23 budget and associated ad valorem tax rate adoption process property tax rate and there's state law requirements and there's city charter requirements and that's spelled out in the first informal report. The second informal report goes into what is required in the truth in taxation and it describes the calculations for the no new revenue tax rate and the voter approval tax rate for fiscal year 23. As I mentioned this is a requirement under the truth in taxation in the Texas constitution and Texas tax code and normally we give these informal reports as part of the budget presentation in prior years. We'll be going into detail on the property tax rate and assessed value tomorrow so I'll be walking through some of the conversation about no new revenue conversation about the voter approved tax rate and you'll see language in there about an unused increment of tax rate availability. The final informal report I believe is also required under the truth in taxation and it's the submission of the 2022 certified appraisal role from the different counties and again we operate in Tarrant County, Denton County, Wise County, Parker County and we have property in Johnson County but it's not taxable but those certified roles from each of those counties are included in this information and with that I'll be glad to answer any questions or certainly tomorrow we can go into detail on a number of those. Go ahead Gina. I don't have well I guess I do have one question but David I just want to say hats off to you when it comes to street paintings markers street lights all that stuff it has taken too many years to get to this point but for you to put your name on the line and say within 30 days we're going to have street lights repaired that lets me know that you plan on making this happen. I commend you for that I am most appreciative. I do think we need to see about adding a Saturday budget day meeting because not everybody can go to work get off work and come two hours and come listen to us and so that's just my opinion but the idea about what we're doing with street lights pavings markers I'm just I'm real impressed. On that point David I'd want to offer I guess comment and and maybe some advice I'm sure a lot in TPW will remember me bringing this up when it comes to pavement markings even if TPW is diligent and does it's uh it's markings as best they can try to keep up with it there's some heavily trafficked areas that markings do not last so you know I may not have the complete picture but based on what I know you have water-based paints you have solvent based paints you have thermal plastics thermal plastics I don't know what the price point is lasts longer they need heat to be applied I would assume that they're more durable so just just a suggestion if we can use more of the durable type which would be solvent and thermal plastic especially in the higher trafficked areas maybe rely more so on the thermal plastic and I'd like to see that. Thanks Carlos anybody else no thank you David great job today first of many meetings right first of many that's the last item that's it okay well looks like we're adjourned we're adjourned until six of course what's that I know right meeting adjourned